Christine Blasey Ford

The view that the Republican Party has gone nuts is common, at least outside the party. At first, the victories Donald Trump amassed in early 2016 GOP presidential primaries were seen as baffling and inexplicable. Before too long, however, they were portrayed as a sign of Republican insanity. How could a crude bully, an admitted groper and a racial demagogue (at best) be supported by millions of voters? They must be bad people — or crazy.

But as a libertarian who loathes both parties, I see Trump’s rise as the social-cultural version of Isaac Newton’s Third Law: For every action, there is an...

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